Karol Kennedy Kucher, (born 1931/32, Shelton, Wash.—died June 25, 2004, Seattle, Wash.) American ice skater who , was—along with her brother, Peter—one of the “Kennedy Kids,” the figure-skating pairs team who won five consecutive national championships (1948–52), became the first Americans to win the world pairs championship (1950), and captured an Olympic silver medal (1952). They were inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1991.

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